INTRODUCTION
For this
assignment, I will create an online information guide for the ‘Understanding of the legal and ethical
considerations when working in the Creative Media Industries’ (TV, Film,
Publishing… Etc.)
Why is important for producers to
understand the legal and ethical considerations when working in the Creative
Media Industry? Why are ethics put in
place for the Creative Media Industries?
The Creative
Media Industries use ethics so people don’t do the wrong things. There are
also, many kinds of Media ethics, which vary from Privacy, etc. These types of
ethics are also put in place to protect people’s identities and their way of
life.
Libel law
What is Libel Law in the Creative Media Industry?
Libel Law is known as one of the commonest Legal and Ethical considerations in the Creative Media Industries. This type of Law is also either written or broadcasted information and is typically about people, for example Celebrities - Also this type of information offence is found in Magazines or Newspapers, etc. Continuously, there are also two kinds of Libel Laws, which are Libel and Slander - the difference being of cause Libel being written and Slander, spoken. If someone were too file a Libel offence between a certain someone it has too be proven before any judge or jury would be able to do something - this is because these allegations can be hard to prove. There are also many example of Libel, which are made against mostly celebrities and one of them in particular is the Robin William case.
(Robin Williams and Bono)
Just before his death in 2014, Robin Williams sued his celebrity look alike Bono for pretending to be him - His leaded him to get into free movie premieres, etc. As this offence proceeded, Robin won the case to regain back his identity, which Michael was shaming. However, as Michael was pretending to be Robin, he committed to it because Robin wasn't the kind of person to get out much as he would stay at home and would only leave if he had appointments and filming duties to attend. So, therefore, this story falls into the Libel Film Law because of Williams being an Oscar winning actor - who was best known for movies, including Mrs Doubt-Fire and Peter Pan. Lastly, as you can see from his story - this was the best scenario to regain his identity and private life back.
Privacy Law
Following on from Libel Law, Privacy is another common Ethic used throughout the Creative Media Industry. Consequently, privacy law was and still is put in place to protect people's identities in a way, which you can not judge or shame the person in question or you could get charged with criminal offences and fined thousands of pounds. Also, there are many cases on Privacy Law and one of them can be Sachsgate, which appeared on Radio 2, 26th October, 2008. The scandal all started when Jonathan Ross and Russell Howard cruelty shamed Andrew Sachs (Actor from Faulty Towers) and his granddaughter in the most rudest and shaming way. This scandal happened over the house phone, of Andrew Sachs they called him and left several messages and small songs in hope that he would answer the phone. After, this took place on the Radio, the BBC was fined around £ 150,000 and Ross and Russell where suspended from national TV, etc. for approximately 12 week without pay. This nearly ended both of their careers as they were using Andrew’s private live for publicity, instead of using normal conversation instead.
(Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross)
This story falls
into the Privacy ethics because of the use of Andrew Sachs private life been mentioned, which was unnecessary – Also with his granddaughter been mentioned
too. His granddaughter was mentioned as a joke but continued on until the
point where Jonathan said her and Russell had sexual relations together - this was not true.
Obscene Publications Act 1959 (and later
amendments)
Copyright and Intellectual Property law
In Creative Media
they have copyright guidelines in place so that people don’t plagiarise other
individuals work as they did not put all the work into creating it and because
they haven’t got the right to use it. However, there are other ways you can use
their work,, but of cause there are restrictions, for example; in the music
industry, you’ll have to buy them off music sites, for example, I-Tunes and not
downloading them off websites like YouTube. – So from that you know it is
illegal.
(Guitar Hero Game)
Furthermore, there
are many examples of Copyrighting in the Creative Media Industries, but the
main industry where going to focus on is ‘Computer Gaming.’ Dating back to
2007, there was a big scandal made against the Video Game – Guitar Hero where
the game used a song called ‘What I Like about you” by The Romantics. The story
is that the band give permission to them to use their song, but not the
original version of it.
Official Secrets Act 1989
The Official Secrets Act of 1989 is a United Kingdom Parliament criminal offence, made against anybody who tries to keep or publish secured documentations about former or current members of the security and intelligence services Also, this act is secured to civil servant or public contractors. This kind of scandal can not be made against the public, as it just a part of the law.
(Guardian Journalist Amelia Hill)
Like other media Ethics, there are many examples covering the Official Secrets Act, for example this offence made against a journalist, who specialised in phone hacking to gather information. The story followed in two Guardian reports Amelia Hill and Nick Davis, who hacked into Milly Dowler's phone. (if you would like to read more about this scandal - Visit - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/16/phone-hacking-met-court-order)
Health and Safety Act
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